Kalasasaya temple

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The Kalasasaya temple is a monumental pre-Columbian ceremonial structure in Bolivia, renowned for its precisely aligned stone architecture and significance in the Tiwanaku culture’s religious and astronomical practices.

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Kalasasaya 3
Kalasasaya temple canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
ceremonial center ⓘ
pre-Columbian monument ⓘ
access near town of Tiahuanaco ⓘ
alignedWith cardinal directions ⓘ
equinox sunrise ⓘ
equinox sunset ⓘ
solstitial sunrise ⓘ
solstitial sunset ⓘ
architecturalStyle megalithic stone architecture ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Staff God ⓘ
solar deities ⓘ
countryUNESCOSite Bolivia ⓘ
culture Tiwanaku culture ⓘ
elevation approximately 3850 meters above sea level ⓘ
estimatedConstructionDate first millennium CE ⓘ
excavatedBy Arthur Posnansky ⓘ
function ceremonial calendar observatory ⓘ
governedBy Bolivian Ministry of Cultures ⓘ
hasFeature large standing stone pillars ⓘ
monolithic gateways ⓘ
raised platform ⓘ
rectangular walled enclosure ⓘ
sunken courtyard nearby ⓘ
hasPart Gateway of the Moon ⓘ
Gateway of the Sun ⓘ
eastern wall with pillars ⓘ
western platform ⓘ
hasView Andean Altiplano landscape ⓘ
heritageStatus part of Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture ⓘ
locatedIn Tiwanaku ⓘ
locatedInCountry Bolivia ⓘ
locatedInRegion La Paz Department ⓘ
locatedNear Lake Titicaca ⓘ
material andesite ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
partOf Tiwanaku archaeological complex ⓘ
preservationStatus partially reconstructed ⓘ
researchField Andean archaeology ⓘ
significance important example of pre-Inca monumental architecture ⓘ
key monument for understanding Tiwanaku cosmology ⓘ
timePeriod Tiwanaku Middle Horizon ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2000 ⓘ
usedFor astronomical observations ⓘ
religious ceremonies ⓘ
ritual gatherings ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tiwanaku archaeological site → hasPart → Kalasasaya temple ⓘ
Middle Horizon Andes → hasMajorCenter → Kalasasaya ⓘ
linked to: Kalasasaya temple
Semi-Subterranean Temple → adjacentTo → Kalasasaya ⓘ
linked to: Kalasasaya temple
Putuni complex → adjacentTo → Kalasasaya ⓘ
linked to: Kalasasaya temple
Akapana pyramid → near → Kalasasaya temple ⓘ